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Did you know that the spouse of a deceased lobsterman or woman can inherit his or her lobster trapping license? Or that if your spouse is convicted of a crime, you can’t get a liquor or Bingo license?Those are some of the rights and responsibilities that come with marriage, and there are 1,324 of them, according to the Empire State Pride Agenda, which is highlighting the laws as a way of answering people who ask what’s the big deal about allowing gay people to marry.

Pride Agenda lists the 1,324 laws on its website, as part of their push to get same sex marriage through the Assembly by the end of this year’s legislative session.

Group members realize same sex marriage is probably a non-starter in the Senate this year, but they figure Assembly passage would provide a valuable building block for future years.

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